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What is APA documentation style | What is APA documentation style? | ||
APA documentation style, also known as APA format, provides a standard system for giving credit to others for their contribution to your work. APA, which stands for American Psychological Association, is used primarily in the social sciences to document sources. | |||
== Basic APA Style == | == Basic APA Style == | ||
The APA style calls for three kinds of information to be included in in-text citations. The author's last name and the work's date of publication must always appear, and these items must match exactly the corresponding entry in the references list. The third kind of information, the page number, appears only in a citation to a direct quotation. | |||
There are three options for placing citations in APA format: idea-focused, researcher-focused, and chronology-focused. | |||
=== Endnotes === | === Endnotes === | ||